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Obesity Epidemiology
Studies conducted at University of Southern California on obesity epidemiology recently published
December 30th, 2006
Fresh data on obesity are presented in the report "Ethnic disparity in the relationship between obesity and plasma insulin-like growth factors: the multiethnic cohort. Previous studies on the relationship between obesity and circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF) hormones show inconsistent findings and have not considered the possibility of racial/ethnic-specific differences that may exist. We therefore examined the relationship between obesity status [as measured by body mass index (BMI)] and plasma levels of the IGF proteins, IGF-I, IGF-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3), and the molar ratio of IGF-I/IGFBP-3 in Whites, African Americans, Latinos, Japanese Americans, and Native Hawaiians...
Source: Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week (2006-12-30)
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